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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Regular Education v. Elite Education

I always tell to my students that there are science courses which
represent the material simply as a collection of a disconnected facts. Courses like
that do not represent students with the scientific way of thinking. One who follows the hype of educational technologies can see that all inventions are based on the extreme reduction of human education to an animal-type training (think circus) done by a drill sergeant. That is NOT education.Many people
in the field of education for a long time have been propelling the idea of
teaching students how to think critically, but they could not offer the method
for how exactly this could be done. However, the method has been around for at
least several hundred years, and is called – science of scientific thinking. The true science
course has to guide students through the scientific way of thinking using the
course material (i.e. facts) as the building bricks of the science students
learn. This is how my physics course is developed and taught (to hte best of my abilities).

The main reason I share some feedback from my students is to demonstrate that when I talk about education I know what I am talking about, and I know it not just because I have a PhD in Education, not just because I know how to do it and can present me knowledge, but because I do it, and I am good at doing it (which is the result of a long professional path).“Honestly, he is one of the best
professors here in BU. He's engaging, loves teaching the material, and helps
the students out to understand the concepts.”

“Very passionate, good at explaining
topics and going through enough example problems, experiments/demonstrations
performed in lecture were helpful.”

“I love you Mr. V, you make physics
bearable!”

“Professor V. presents himself as
somewhat cold and calculating, and appears to not care for his students. This
is the first impression most people get, likely due to the nature of the
material not involving emotional response. In reality, Professor V. cares
deeply for his students, and it is apparent when he spends the time to answer
students questions, regardless of how complicated or simple it may be.
Professor V's teaching style keeps you motivated and engaged, and his
presentations are clear and direct.”

“I have always dreaded taking Physics —
so much that I waited until the summer after I had completed all the other
undergraduate requirements and still hadn't taken it. I am very glad I waited
and had Mr. V as a professor; he knows the material extremely well and teaches
it clearly and explains well. One of my favorite professors thus far.”

“Mr. V has the most extraordinary way
of teaching a topic that most people fear. His sense of humor keeps the class
amusing. I'm happy that my physics experience was left in the hands of such a
passionate and instructor. The course always felt fair and prepared us for his
expectations.”

There are three pages on this blog that represent my approach to education: